Got to sleep in today. Still up at 7:30am or so. One of the girls in the room works in the hostel, so she was up fairly early, which roused me.
No real agenda for the day. Did laundry when I got up, then met up with the tour mates to exchange some photos, as one of the girls, Kristina, dropped her camera at the first stop on the tour, rendering it unusable. A few people left before me, so I said goodbye, then headed into town to get some food from the grocery store. sHeaded back to the hostel to go for a swim, and did some reading by the pool. Airport pickup was at 3:30pm for a 4:40 flight to Cairns.
Flight was quicker than I expected, as I thought Cairns was in the same time zone as Sydney, but was in fact only a half hour ahead of Alice Springs, and still an hour behind Sydney.
Got a drive into Cairns to the Dreamtime Hostel, as recommended by Emma. Walked into town from there, and am sitting in an internet cafe now, about to copy these journal entries to the blog. Cairns is very humid, so it feels hotter than the desert. I think I’m going to switch to another hostel in the evening, as John, Max, Teresa and Barbara are staying there. It’s a pretty luxury hostel, but costs the same as Dreamtime, whose biggest downfall is a lack of air conditioning in the room. I’m meeting John and Max at noon anyhow, so I can check in then. I’m off to get some dinner now, then I’ll probably head back to the hostel and read.
So where are the pictures? I inserted my camera’s memory card and all of my photos from Uluru are gone. This is not very good. I’m going to try downloading some recovery software and hope for the best. Wish me luck. Or pray, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Update: Photos recovered! Phew!